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Ancient DNA elucidates the lost world of western Indian Ocean giant tortoises and reveals a new extinct species from Madagascar

Before humans arrived, giant tortoises occurred on many western Indian Ocean islands. We combined ancient DNA, phylogenetic, ancestral range, and molecular clock analyses with radiocarbon and paleogeographic evidence to decipher their diversity and biogeography. Using a mitogenomic time tree, we pro...

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Autores principales: Kehlmaier, Christian, Graciá, Eva, Ali, Jason R., Campbell, Patrick D., Chapman, Sandra D., Deepak, V., Ihlow, Flora, Jalil, Nour-Eddine, Pierre-Huyet, Laure, Samonds, Karen E., Vences, Miguel, Fritz, Uwe
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Association for the Advancement of Science 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9833658/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36630487
http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abq2574